Council approves Hortonville-Hortonia mutual aid pact and updates vacation policy

The Common Council voted to approve an automatic mutual aid agreement among New London, Hortonville and the Hortonia Fire Districts for structural-fire incidents. The Finance and Personnel Committee recommended the agreement; the council vote carried with eight yes votes and one abstention. The committee noted the Police and Fire Commission had also approved the agreement. The mutual aid pact is intended to allow automatic response between the named districts during structural fire emergencies; the agreement text was presented to the committee and forwarded to the council for approval. Separately, the council approved changes to the city’s vacation policy recommended by the Finance and Personnel Committee. The committee described the change as allowing some additional flexibility at hire and during the vacation period at the city administrator’s discretion. The vacation-policy update was approved by the council unanimously. No specific dollar impacts were announced in the meeting minutes for either item, and the minutes did not include the full agreement text or redline of the vacation policy; both were referenced as included in committee packets.